From the Savannah Republican on Saturday, September 9. Terrific Hurricane! Immense Destruction Of Property. As we go to press with our Evening Edition a hurricane exceeding in violence and the amount property destroyed anything we have ever witnessed is sweeping over Savannah from the Northeast it is appalling to look out upon the streets and listen to the rushing roaring wind bearing limbs of trees pieces of slate Un and boards upon its mighty wings as if they were lighter than chaff" It comineuced to blow early Thursday afternoon and continued to increase in violence until midnight when it rose to a gale since which time the wind has every moment become more and more violent up to the time we write Friday afternoon We trust it lias reached its height for we cannot see how it can possibly become more violent without prostrating the substantial edifices in town and causing great destruction of life touch-J Th 11'ed with prostrate trees and bran- jeaveg and vegetable matter When the hot sun shall 7 41 r1 4 rdf- 4 a Atrila agiuu pout uuuh ujtxji tuc uun uviniuu vnj vw vuw arising from the decomposition of this matter will we fear tmnish additional food to the pestilence now pre-' vailing I It is impossible to leave our office so terrific is the storm without and consequently we are unable to state what damage has been done to the shipping in port to houses churches fences and other structures. We fear however the injury to property of all kinds has been fearful ust fi fly years ago yesterday as we learn from our back files the coast of Georgia was visited by the most fright! ul hurricane that had been known since the settlement of the State It is remarkable that the gale which now shakes the building in which we write aud is uni noting the town prostrating trees and chimneys and destroying vast amounts of property should occur just fifty years to a day after that of 1S04 We pray that we may never witness another such exhibition of the power of the Almighty! Later from the Storm The foregoing was prepared for our last edition with the hope that the storm would abate in time for us to ger our papers to the Post Office The hurricane continued to increase iu violence up to about half past 3 in the afternoon when the wind shifted gradually to the East and commenced slowly to subside By 6 it bad abated sufficiently to allow us to get out and take a hasty view of the streets and the shipping iu port. The lull was of short duration however the gale seemed to rest only for a few minutes as il io gain fresh strength Never before have we imagined any thing so terrible and violent nor realized so plainfully the utter indescribable insignificance of man in the midst of such displays of the mighty power and awful grandeur of the Deity We shall not attempt to convey to the reader even an idea of the might and violence of the for it would be impossible adequately to describe it We would only repeat the prayer that we may never be called upon to witness again such a terrific war of the elements! It would seem as if the judgments of Heaven were upon us! The damage to the Rice plantations has been even greater than we supposed when the foregoing account was prepared It is doubtful whether rice enough will be saved on Savannah River for seed and the same we fear is true of all the rice lands in this State and South Carolina. The embankments and canals are destroyed as well as the little rice that had been harvested. The lands on both sides the river are flooded from five to ten feet deep as far as the driving rain will permit the eye to sweep Island at nightfall was covered with from eight to twelve feet of water so that vessels of a large size might have sailed over it without obstruction Some three or four hundred head of cattle and hogs on the Island belonging to Maj Starke were lost and large quantities of lumber lying at the Mills and other property Several of the Mills were unroofed and flooded and otherwise damaged Late in the afternoon a house was seen floating off from the Island Several negroes were taken off the Island by one or two courageous men and one who was at work at the Dry Dock got into a lighter cut it loose and drifted across the river to the Iron steamboat wharf and was saved Whether anybody was left ou the Island we are unable to say as the abatement of the tempest was so short and so near night that we were enabled to obtain only a few particulars There is reason to apprehend however that many lives have been lost on the opposite side of the river and above and below the city The tinning of the New York and Savannah Steamship ware house was carried away The store is full of goods which it is feared are much damaged The roof of the fine new building recently erected on the Bay by Ed Padelford Esq. and occupied by Crane Rogers was blown off The copper covering of the Exchange was also blown away it had been paper and numberless other buildings covered with tin and copper have been injured The roof of the Pulaski House received some slight damage The new Methodist Church buildings on the kv and the store of Jones occupied by Patton Hutton Co and others were damaged The slating on John buildings occupied by A-Soullard was also injured and many other houses which we can not now mention Of the hundreds of beautiful trees in the city not one has escaped injury More than half of those along the Bay have been blown down ana Monument square iooas as if it were one immense pile of trees Those which have been left standing are stripped of their leaves and branches Bay lane is filled with tin roofing indeed turn where we will we are met by evidences of the violence of the storm But ve must defer further particulars until another time The steamship State of Georgia left here Wednesday for Philadelphia with upwards of 60 passengers and the Keystone State was to have left Philadelphia and the Knoxville New York the same day for Savannah We hope they made some friendly harbor in time to escape the fury of the hurricane The gale continued to abate from 11 o'clock Friday night and by Saturday morning at 4 it had subsided into a rather gentle wind from the southwest It set in from the northeast Thursday afternoon and continued to blow from that quarter until Friday when it slowly shifted to the east At 10 at night it had changed to the southeast and from that point it gradually wore around to the southwest the opposite point of the compass from whence it started It is still blowing as we write (Saturday afternoon) from the southwest though not violently The damage to property has been incalculable but we are glad to hear of no lives being lost though up to the time of writing nothing has been heard from the plantations on the opposite side of the river and above and below the city We give below such details as have readied us up to the time of putting our country edition to press DAMAGE IN THE CITY It is impossible to convey to the distant reader an idea of the present aspect of the city Of the hundreds of beautiful trees that ornamented the squares and streets at least over half of them have been blown down and those standing have been stripped of their branches and leaves It was almost impossible to get through the town Saturday morning so completely were the streets blocked up Monument Square is a wreck so is Orleans Square opposite Mr. Robert residence Indeed the trees in every square and street iu the city have been greatly injured Lt makes one sad to look upon South Broad street for nearly all of the four rows of trees in it are either prostrated or stripped of their foliage The enclosures around the squares have also suffered by the tailing trees and branches Forsyth Place we understand (for we have not seen it) has suffered greatly. Indeed there is not a tree nor plant nor growing thing in the whole city that has not been injured St Episcopal Church has received Two of the pinnacles of the steeple were carried away one of which broke through the roof at the lodge. All the beautiful windows of stained glass in front and one or two at the sides as well as those in the steeple were driven in and completely demolished The entire tin covering ot the roof was stripped off and it is feared that the organ and the interior of the church will be much damaged The roof of Trinity (Methodist) Church was torn away and the building otherwise injured A small portion of the slate on the Independent Presbyterian Church was carried off The injury is slight however The other churches as far as we could learn have escaped with perhaps the loss of a shutter or a few panes of glass The western half of the roof of the Exchange was ripped off and the hands of the clock are pointing as we write to every imaginable hour The tin covering ot the Medical College was also carried away The crowiiine1 part of the roof on the Theatre was ripped up and through the opening thus made the ram poured down doing great damage to the scenery and paintings of the artist now engaged upon the interior of the building The injury we understand is great The roof of the State Bank was also considerably damaged as well as the railing enclosing the building The damage to the Gas Works is considerable One of the guides leading to the gasholder was broken oil" ana lorcea into tne luiter naaiy injuring lemug out about 40000 feet of gas. It will require some days to get the gasometer in place and turnisb the city with gas of account of the braekisbuess of the water in the river and the consequent inability of the Water Works to furnish the requisite kind and supply of water The roof of the retort and other houses was much injured The extent of the loss is not known. A later edition of the Republican adds: The Gas posts in every part of the city have suffered much injury many of them being broken off" by falling trees and blown down The splendid private residences of Edward Padelford and Andrew Low did not escape The front projection on the northeastern side of the former was carried away while the entire tin covering of the latter was tom into shreds aud blown through the air as if it had been parchment block near the Park was completely stripped and Gordon block near by though more fortunate did not escape without considerable injury The brick wall around Chatham Academy opposite the Theatre was blown to pieces and several of the trees within were prostrated The roof of the Rev. Mr. house and that of Mr. Abram Minis and Dr. Martin were stripped of their frail tin covering But we forbear Lt would require the whole of one of our pages to give the particulars of the injury to the roofs cbimnies and enclosures of private houses Walls and fences have been blown down windows and doors have been forced iu shutters have been wrenched off and other damages done which it is impossible to describe With the exception of Mr. Jacob bouse and a few others there is scarcely a private residence or store in town having a tin or copper covering which has not been injured except in cases where some protection was afforded by parapet walla and even here these walls have not always been a sure ptvsvvMvut a VW MlftBMMUM VU MIDDLETON MCDONALD is a Candidate for Tax Collector for Bibb County at the ensuing Election 15 WILLIAM DONE announces himself as Candidate for Tax Collector of Bibb county for 1855 jan 18 42-te We are authorized to announce the name of JAMES RICHARDSON as a Candidate far Tax Collector at the next January Election.

SPECIAL NOTICES Gr protection xnp root ot Bowlders bmuung on i ooenpirt by Waskbura' Witter a Qw wueb 1 4 It R-leming of Burroughs replied or of at worthy repeat furiously already Telegraph's power execration a I A Quincy la Sept 7 1854 The unknown friend will please consider himself qr herself sincerely thanked for the book-mark received CHECKS on NEW YORK can al way be obtained at the BANK of Macon meh 29 52 tf utt-cle purpose certain at to no violence of the occupied to off to believe described tearfullv be to ascribe of recognition notice a betrays opposing attentions Moultrie HOME IN3URAN0E COMPANY OICE NO Iff WALL STREET NEW-YORK CASH CAPITAL 1500000 SIMEON L00MI8 Pxmidbxt Chab JMawhm CHAS CAMPBELL AxxvMWG- 2 THE SOUTHERN YUTUAl WWOUMOS OXJIPAMT CONTINUES to tak iro liberal tenu LIE INSURANCE ETNA INSURANCE CO HARTORD CONN THE undersigned Agent will receve applications for Insurance on lives of white persons Also on negroes are taken on two-thirds of their cash valuation (dec 15 37-y) CURD Agent- morning verdict deranged respectable Mail Robbery A few days since a letter was handed us written by a Commission Merchant of Augusta to a gentleman of this place We take the liberty to extract a couple of paragraphs from it by which it will he seen that the mail has been robbed at Augusta It is a matter of surprise that so little has been said in reference to the outrage rom a letter shown us this morning mailed at Augusta we feel authorized to state that the robbery was committed by a negro at the Augusta Post office but as yet are ignorant of particulars Augusta Aug 30th 1854 We have received to-day through the Post Office Agents a letter from you dated the 5th inst. saying you had enclosed therein Receipt for five bags of cotton which you wished us to sell The mail has been robbed earlier at the or on the way between tb Depot and the and hundreds of letters have been found in different places which had been opened and contents taken out and the letters and envelopes 5 secreted The letter from you was with many others" found in the bottom of the canal tied up in a towel and sunk It is covered with mud but can be read The receipt is gone. The 0 Agents are busy making investigations and have found about $7000 A negro man who is supposed to he the principle robber made confession and told where the letters and money could be found Courier Col. Wk Bonnbr of Milledgeville has been appointed Chief Engineer of the -Vicksburg Shreveport and Texas Railroad and will soon enter upon the duties of that office Koagsou erecting at the corner Bui snd 1 Broughton streets was blown down upon the Wooden a tenement next to crushing hi the roof and bsdl damaging it ijfi "fi Turn where we will the streets and lanos and are filled with pieces of ala to tin and boards It will re- -quire months with the present mechanical force in town s'nPj repair the roofs of In the -should it continue to rain great injury must be done to the interior decorations of buildings and to furniture injury to the wharves cotton phbsses and bcub INGS ALONG THB BAY 1 All the Eastern wharves were torn and flooded with 4 feet water as well as that part of Bay street East of the Gas works foundry was unroofed so were the Hy draulic and Cotton Press establishments and Ship Yard Mr Miller had to wade through the water up to his neck to his stables where he had several horses which he swam out A large quantity of goods stored at Press and imported for Augusta together with 300 sacks of salt was lost or badly damaged MrWillink lost $1500 worth of knees beside other property Roberts Mill was considerably damaged and a quantity of their lumber Ac lost We cannot however give the amount of their loss A portion of the roof of Maj Mill on ig Island was carried away and the chimney broken off even with the roof The tin roof of the Water Works building was partially carried away The salt water having been forced up the river about the city the Water Works can not furnish the usual supply foundry was entirely stripped of its tin covering The wharves in the Western part of the city were badly washed in some place. The tin roof on the Georgia Steamboat buildings is entirely gone Every shed and building along the Bluff from Ship Yard to the Canal naving a tin roof was wholly or partially stripped The sight from the Bay looking up East Broad st is truly sad A majority of the magnificent trees iu that street and many wooden houses were prostrated Wui building at the head of Bay st is considerably damaged the southern parapet wall having been carried away The tin covering of A A Warehouse is entirely gone so is the northern part of the roof of the Counting house occupied by Hutchinson The tin roof of the warehouse at the corner of Bay and Price-sts occupied by Welman is also gone The roofs of and counting bouse received some damage buildings lost their tin roof and gutters SHIPPING 'IN PORT The steamer Jenny Lind is lying on the opposite side of the river a perfect wreck The steamer Sam Jones is broken to pieces at Wifi wharf The steamer Oregon is a total loss. The steamer St but slightly injured the Wm Gaston not at all The Welaka also escaped injury as did the New York and Savannah steamship Forida The'brig Matanzas was driven ashore from Oglelhorpe Mill and now almost high and dry just above the Mill The brig Joseph Albion broke loose from the same Mill and has lost her fore-topmast and sustained considerable damage in her rigging No other vessels were injured that we could bear The Dry Dock having been driven across the river is now jammed in against the bark light at wharf The bark has lost her mizzentopmast and sustained other injury INJURY TO THE RICE AND SKA ISLAND COTTON CROPS Later accounts induced us to believe that a very small portion of the Rice crops may be saved in a damaged condition All the rice that was cut and stacked on the field has been lost and this was by far the greater part of the crop in this State and a portion of Carolina The little that had been cut above the point to which the gale forced up the salt water may possibly yield something though it will be little ana that ia a damaged condition The crop in the two States is roughly estimated at four to fire millions two-thirds a4 probably three fourths of which have been destroyed Dr Screven a single planter puts down his loss at $50 Ow Nothing has been heara from the Sea Island Cotton plantations on the coast below but judging from the violence of the gale and the usual luxuriance of the weed it is believed that the Cotton has been torn and out to a deplorable extent. The loss from this source will also be very heavy ISLAND The whole of this Island opposite the city except a few high places was submerged. The water was five or six feet deep upon it in many places There was great destruction of cattle on the Island though several horses and cows escaped by fleeing to such elevated points as they could reach A great deal of lumber and ship timber were washed from the Island and lost our negroes belonging to Judge Huger of South Carolina were overtaken on the Northern side of the Island three of them ascended a tree and have not since been beard from the other one got upon a plank and succeeded in gaining Col Steam Mills from whence he reached the city in safety Later accounts state that the negroes spoken of above were saved LIGHT HOUSE GONE SHIPPING AT TYBEK Only the roof of the Light House on ig Island near the city was carried away A pilot who came up the river Saturday morning says the outer Light House on Tybee Island at the mouth of the river was blown down also that the bark Douglass for Valparaiso and the bark Ernesto Pietro for Plymouth (Eng) both bound out with lumber went ashore on Tybee beach with all their spars gone The British vessels Ellen and Lady Westmorland lying at Tybee with cargoes of iron for the Opelika Road rode out the storm in safety Nothing has been heard from the shipping outside TELEGRAPH LINK We learn from the operator here that some fifty or sixty miles of the wire leading from this city along the Central Road are down In many places the wire was blown on to the track and cut to pieces by the car wheels It will require some ten days or two weeks to obtain a supply of wire and to replace the posts The Savannah Republican of Monday evening says: Thus far we have heard of the loss of no life The storm commenced to rage violently Thursday night when people were Death of Dr. Schley The Savannah Republican of the 5th says: regret to learn that a dispateh was received here yesterday morning from Augusta announcing the death at Richmond Hill near that place of Dr. reeman Schley of Savannah This is a most-sad event The deceased was seized by the prevailing epidemic some days ago and just after his elder brother Dr Schley was attacked and both of them were taken to Richmond Hill the family seat for better nursing and purer air The change it seems brought no relief to the subject of this notice though we are glad to state bis elder brother was doing well at the st TERBlflCAHURIOANK 1 IMMENSE DEffTRUCTION PBQPXRTt

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